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HARVESTER.

Patented Nov. 13, 1888...

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WILLIAM I-I. PAYNE, OF GRINNELL, IOVA, ASSIGNOR OF THREEFOURTHS TO JAMES K. WORTHINGTON, OF KIRKVVOOD, AND CHARLES D. MOODY,

OF WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI.

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,687, dated November 13, 1888.

Application filed May 19,1883. Serial No. 95,456.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PAYNE, or Grinnell, Iowa, have made a new and useful Improvement in Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a view in perspective of a harvester having the improvements. Such features of a harvester as are unessental to an understanding of the improvement are not exhibited. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the harvester; and Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are details, Fig. 3 being an elevation of the mechanism for delivering the bundles from the region of the binder into the bundlecarrier, Figs. 4 and 5 sections on the line 4 5of Fig. 3, Figs. 6 and 7 side elevations showing the means for rotating the fork of the transfer device, and Fig. 8 an end view of the separator device.

The saine letters of reference denote the same parts.

rIhe present invention is an improvement in harvesters having self-binder attach ments and bundle-carriers; and it consists in the matter substantially as is hereinafter set forth and claimed, aided by the annexed drawings.

In the drawings, A represents a harvester having aself-binder attachment. y Many of the familiar details of a harvester and binder attachment are not shown, as they are not essential to an understanding of the improvement,which relates more especially to the bundle-earrier and the parts therewith operating.

B represents the bundle-carrier, which is constructed and arranged to receive the bundles as they come from the selfbinder, and is adapted to discharge them at the will of the operatorin charge of the carrier. The carrier, so far as supporting the bundles is concerned, may be variously shaped and constructed, and

`to discharge the bundles the carrier maybe turned, tilted, or opened; hut,whatever means are employed to discharge the bundles from the carrier, they should beindependent of the mechanism ofthe binder and under control of the operator, so that7 although the bundles may be mechanically and regularly delivered from the binder, they can be dropped from the Carrier at the will of the operator and at regu- (No model.)

lar or irregular intervals of time or space, as desired.

The binder may be located at any suitable part of the harvester; but Wherever it is placed, whether on the inner or the outer side of the master-wheel, the cut grain, by means of suitable and well-known mechanism, is delivered into its vicinity and to the gavel forming mechanism, and the bundles, after leaving the bundleej ector, fall (when bound by the binder mechanism) onto or into the carrier. In the present instance the binder is located at G upon the inner side of the master-wheel D, between the wheel and the platform E, and the bundles as they come from the binder are transferred upward and over into the carrier B. The details of the binder, as stated, are not shown.

The cut grain is transferred'over the platform E by asuitable rake, F. A separator, G, transfers the grain from the rake and delivers it in gavels to the binder, and the bundles, when bound by the binder and delivered therefrom, are transferred by the bundle-discharger H upward along the Way I to the top of the master-wheel casing l, whence they fall into the carrier, the movement of the grain and bundles being indicated by the various arrows in Fig. 2.

The carrier B is made to hold the bundles as they fall, and, in place of being simply a flat surface, it preferably is shaped to arrest and catch the bundles as they are tossed into it, and it has sufficient depth to hold the desired number of bundles. To this end the carrier B has two sides, b and b', the side b being for sustaining the carrier-load on the side toward the binder, and the side b being for sustaining the carrier-load on the opposite side. The sides b b', for this purpose, may be of any suitable construction. The side b is suitably supported upon the harvester-frame, and is preferably the outer portion of the master-wheel casing-that is, it keeps the bundles from the wheel. The opposite side, b', is supported by the arms K K, which project from the main portion of the harvesterframe. To discharge the bundles the carrier is madeto open at the bottom and allow the bundles to drop tothe ground. To this end lOO the preferable practice is to have the side b to open away from the side b, and for this purpose the side b is j ournaled at b2 b2 in the arms K K. The side b can then be swung apart from the side b, substantially as indicated by the broken lines B', Fig. 2, and when the sides are thus separated at their lower ends the bundles drop from the carrier. The sides I) b should be constructed to enable the bundle to readily drop to the ground when the carrier is opened.

It is important to be able to discharge the bundles from the carrier at certain points in the field being harvested, and to this end the opening of the carrier is made tobe controlled by an attendant, who may be the driver ofthe machine or an attendant especially in charge of the carrier. The means selected for moving the side b is a lever, bf", which is attached to the side b in the region of thejournal Za, and adapted to be operated by an attendant, who may occupy the seat L,y and by moving the lever can swing the side b upon its bearings b2 b. A spring-dog, b5, may be used to hold the side b closed; or the attendant, by retaining his hold upon the lever, may control the position of the side b.

The relative position of the binder mechanism and the bundle-carrier as here shown is desirable in this: The weight of the bundlecarrier and its load tends to balance the weight of that portion of the machine that is on the linner side of the master-wheel. In this lastnamed respect it is also an advantage to have the driver supported in the position shown. The driver in this position-namely, in the immediate vicinity of the outer side of the bundle-carricr--also can better observe and control the operation of the bundle-carrier. The scat L and seat-support l, as well as the person itself of the driver, are also useful in arresting the progress of the bundles in the event they are thrown too violently or blown by the wind too faracross the top of the bundle-carrier, for occasionally, in a high wind or when the machine is inclined toward the bundle-carrier side, the side b of the bundlecarrier may be insuiicient to always arrest the entering bundles. Y

So far as the balancing of the machine by placing the binder mechanism and the bundlecarrier upon opposite sides ofthe masterwheel is concerned, the bundle-carrier can be made to discharge its load automatically, for by-loeating the binder mechanism upon the inner side of the master or drive wheel, substantially as shown, ample space is provided on the outer side of the drive-wheel for carrying a large number of bundles, and even enough to form a shock, in which case the carrier can be mechanically operated.

When the binder mechanism is located on the outer side of the drive-wheel casing, the bundle-discharger has only to shift the bundles from the region of the binder into the carrier; but'when the binder mechanism is located upon thc inner side of the drive-whcel casing, as here shown, the bundle-discharger must also be adapted for lifting the bundles over the casing. Such discharger may be variously constructed. As here shown it is substantially as follows: A fork, h, consisting of the head h and lingers h2 h2., is adapted to be moved upward and downward on the way I, starting from the immediate vicinity of the binder C and moving upward to the upper end of the way I and then returning to its starting-point. The fork-head h is at h3 pivoted to a trip, 7i, which in turn is slotted at h5 to engage with a stud, h, that is attached to the chain hi. This chain passes around the sprocket-wheels 7i lis. Power may be communicated to the wheels h3 ha, causing the chain to move as indicated by the arrow in Fig. This, through the stud hG and trip 71,, causes the fork to be drawn downward to the binder C. In the downward movement of the fork the head h is turned to throw the ingers h2 h2 ilatwise into the plane of the way I; but as the stud 7i is carried around the lower wheel its the stud moves to the opposite end of the slot h5. This movement of the stud causes the trip to be tilted on its pivot h3. The trip is provided with a projection, h", Figs. 3,4, and 5,which as the trip is tilted comes from beneath against a projection, h1", on the fork-y head, causing the fork to assume an upright lposition at right angles to the way I, as shown in Fig. 5. In this position the fork encounters the bundle delivered from the binder, and the bundle is then, by means of the upward movelment of the fork, transferred to the upper end of the wayl. The fork-head is provided with a pinion, h, Figs. 6 and 7, and as the fork approaches its upward limit the pinion engages in a short rack, h, that is upon the way I. This causes the fork to turn from the upright position of Figs. 5 and 6 into the position of Fig. 7 and to discharge the bundle into the bundle-carrier B. The fork is then, by the chain hl, drawn downward upon the way I. As the stud 7i is carried around the upper wheel 7L8 it moves back again to the (asvshown in Fig. 3) right-hand end ofthe slot 71.5, causing the trip to be be tilted back into its original position and so as to withdraw the projection h from the projection h1". The fork then turns back into its original position of Figs. 3 and Il, the backward movement being initiated by the pinion h rolling backward in the rack 7L 2. repeated.

The separator G is provided with fingers g g g for separating and elevating the cut grain. The iingers are adapted to feather as they reach the binder C-that is, the cut grain as it comes directly or indirectly from the rake is taken by the separator-fingers and by them presented in gavels to the binder, and to that end the separator is in immediate proximity to the binder. This association is maintained in all positions of the binder. The action of the separatoriingers is indicated by the drawings, and the arrow at that point indicates the IOO IIO

The operation is then seats? 3 liver the bound bundles separately and independently of each other from the binder into 15 the bundlecarrieigand said bundle-carrier being` located at a level beneath that at which the bundle leaves the ejector, said bundleearrier being provided with means whereby it may he operated to discharge its contents at 2o the will of the driver.

Y XVILLIAM lll. PAYNE.

Witnesses:

J. P. LYMAN, 'o'nnn'r M. HA'lNns. 

